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China Miéville

Biography

China Miéville

China Miéville is the author of numerous books, including THIS CENSUS-TAKER, THREE MOMENTS OF AN EXPLOSION, RAILSEA, EMBASSYTOWN, KRAKEN, THE CITY & THE CITY and PERDIDO STREET STATION. His works have won the World Fantasy Award, the Hugo Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award (three times). He lives and works in London.

On board the moletrain Medes, Sham Yes ap Soorap watches in awe as he witnesses his first moldywarpe hunt: the giant mole bursting from the earth, the harpoonists targeting their prey, the battle resulting in one’s death and the other’s glory. But no matter how spectacular it is, Sham can’t shake the sense that there is more to life than traveling the endless rails of the railsea.